posavasos

Spanish

Alternative forms

• posa vasos, posavaso

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of posa (“to rest (on a surface)”) +‎ vasos (“drinking glasses”).

Noun

posavasos m (plural posavasos)

1. coaster (used to prevent drinking vessels from leaving marks on a table)
2. cupholder

   Synonym: portavasos

Further reading

• “posavasos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10